Author and columnist Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, were among the first same-sex couples to receive a Washington marriage license on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. At right is King County Executive Dow Constantine. (Casey McNerthney/seattlepi.com)

Author and columnist Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, were among the first same-sex couples to receive a Washington marriage license on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The couple, who started the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide along LGBT youth, married in Canada in 2005. (Casey McNerthney/seattlepi.com)

Author and columnist Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, were among the first same-sex couples to receive a Washington marriage license on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The couple, who started the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide along LGBT youth, married in Canada in 2005. (Casey McNerthney/seattlepi.com)

Author and columnist Dan Savage and his husband, Terry Miller, were among the first same-sex couples to receive a Washington marriage license on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The couple, who started the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide along LGBT youth, married in Canada in 2005. (Casey McNerthney/seattlepi.com)

King County Executive Dow Constantine shakes hands with Dan Savage after he and his husband, Terry Miller, received their Washington marriage license. The couple previously was married in Canada in 2005. (Casey McNerthney/seattlepi.com)

King County Executive Dow Constantine shakes hands with Terry Miller after he and his husband, Dan Savage, received their Washington marriage license. The couple previously was married in Canada in 2005. (Casey McNerthney/seattlepi.com)